How to Write Character Descriptions That Work (With Examples)
How to Write Character Descriptions That Work (With Examples) This post was first published in February 2017 and extensively updated in February 2025. If you’re writing fiction, whether that’s a short story or a novel, you’ll generally need character descriptions. You...
Five Creative Uses of ChatGPT for Writers (Which Don’t Involve AI Doing the Writing For You!)
Five Creative Uses of ChatGPT for Writers (Which Don’t Involve AI Doing the Writing For You!) This post was first published in May 2023 and extensively updated in February 2025. By now, you’ve almost certainly come across (and probably tried out) ChatGPT....
What is a Character Arc? Positive, Negative, and Flat Character Arcs Explained (Plus Examples)
What is a Character Arc? Positive, Negative, and Flat Character Arcs Explained (Plus Examples) This post was first published in April 2019 and extensively updated in February 2025. You’ve probably come across the idea of a “character arc” before now … but...